Lamp

50-1-16

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 50-1-16
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made 50-0 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Mould Made
Iconography Wreath
Description

mold-made terracotta lamp with wreath on dicsus. Intact. Buff clay covered with brownish glaze, now peeled away. Ring base and grooved vertical ring handle at back; a molded lug at each side. Wreath in relief on discus; air-hole at base of nozzle.

Height 4 cm
Length 12 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. R. Hare Davis, 1950

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